PCA Skin Revitalizing Mask

PCA Skin Revitalizing Mask PCA Skin Revitalizing Mask ingredients explained: Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit, Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Squalane, Phenoxyethanol, Saccharum Officinarum (Sugarcane) Extract, Sodium Chlorophyllin-Zinc Complex, Xanthan Gum, Polysorbate 60, Ethylhexylglycerin, Honey/Mel/Miel, Potassium Sorbate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Foeniculum Vulgare (Fennel) Oil, Pogostemon Cablin Oil, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Sucrose, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Aniba Rosodora (Rosewood) Wood Oil, Citrus Aurantifolia (Lime) Fruit Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil Show all ingredients by function Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Water/Aqua/Eau solvent Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant 0, 0 superstar Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer viscosity controlling Squalane skin-identical ingredient, emollient 0, 1 goodie Phenoxyethanol preservative Saccharum Officinarum (Sugarcane) Extract moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Chlorophyllin-Zinc Complex antioxidant Xanthan Gum Polysorbate 60 emulsifying, surfactant/​cleansing Ethylhexylglycerin Honey/Mel/Miel soothing, moisturizer/​humectant, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Potassium Sorbate Tocopheryl Acetate Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil perfuming icky Foeniculum Vulgare (Fennel) Oil soothing, emollient Pogostemon Cablin Oil Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract antioxidant, soothing Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract Sucrose moisturizer/​humectant, soothing Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil emollient, perfuming 0, 3 Aniba Rosodora (Rosewood) Wood Oil Citrus Aurantifolia (Lime) Fruit Extract Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil We don't have description for this ingredient yet. Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product. It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water. Expand to read more Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying. One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time. A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40% High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin This long-named, polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits) is a helper ingredient that's good at emulsifying and stabilizing oils into water-based formulas. It also acts as a thickening and gelling agent that creates nice, non-sticky and supple textures. It works over a very wide pH range (3-12) and can be used to thicken up low-ph formulas, such as exfoliants. Its recommended used range is 0.3-3%. It seems to us that squalane is in fashion and there is a reason for it. Chemically speaking, it is a saturated (no double bonds) hydrocarbon (a molecule consisting only of carbon and hydrogen), meaning that it's a nice and stable oily liquid with a long shelf life. It occurs naturally in certain fish and plant oils (e.g. olive), and in the sebum (the oily stuff our skin produces) of the human skin. As f.c. puts it in his awesome blog post, squalane's main things are "emolliency, surface occlusion, and TEWL prevention all with extreme cosmetic elegance". In other words, it's a superb moisturizer that makes your skin nice and smooth, without being heavy or greasy. Another advantage of squalane is that it is pretty much compatible with all skin types and skin conditions. It is excellent for acne-prone skin and safe to use even if you have fungi-related skin issues, like seborrhea or fungal acne. The unsaturated (with double bonds) and hence less stable version of Squalane is Squalene, you can read about it here >> It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben. It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic. Othe what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant irritancy, com. skin-identical ingredient | emollient moisturizer/humectant emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing soothing | moisturizer/humectant | antimicrobial/antibacterial soothing | emollient antioxidant | soothing moisturizer/humectant | soothing emollient | perfuming

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